A Keep San Saba Beautiful Commission is hereby created for the purpose of assisting the city council in establishing a citywide policy for decreasing the amount of litter in the city.
(Ordinance 2009-04, sec. I, adopted 4/14/09)
(a) 
The commission provided for herein shall be comprised of eight (8) members to be nominated by and approved by the city council and shall be a resident of the city, a city employee, a school district employee or member of a city civic organization. The board shall consist of representatives from business and industry, media, community organizations, education, and members at large.
(b) 
Four members of the commission originally appointed shall be for a term of one (1) year. Four members of the commission originally appointed shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, the term of each commission member shall be two (2) years.
(Ordinance 2009-04, sec. II, adopted 4/14/09; Ordinance 2020-13 adopted 9/8/20)
The executive director of the commission shall be the nonvoting member of the commission. The executive director shall be custodian of all minutes and records of the commission and perform such other duties as the commission may deem necessary and consistent with both the responsibilities of the commission and his/her responsibilities to the city through the city manager. The executive director shall work under the supervision and control of the city manager for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance 2009-04, sec. III, adopted 4/14/09)
(a) 
Those five (5) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The members of the commission shall regularly attend meetings and shall serve without compensation except for reimbursement of authorized expenses attendant to the performance of their duties.
(b) 
The commission shall hold an organizational meeting in August of each year and shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members before proceeding to any other matters of business. The commission shall meet regularly and shall designate the time and place of its meetings.
(c) 
The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the provisions of this division and the regulations of the city. Newly appointed members shall be installed at the first regular meeting after their appointment.
(d) 
Each month a report shall be submitted to the city council showing the cumulative attendance of each member with notation of members who have been absent from three (3) consecutive meetings.
(Ordinance 2009-04, sec. IV, adopted 4/14/09)
(a) 
The commission shall recommend policies related to litter prevention, beautification and community improvement, and the minimization of solid waste to the city council so all city activities might follow a common purpose. The commission shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) 
Develop citywide refuse and environmental policy plan(s);
(2) 
Evaluate city actions in light of that policy;
(3) 
Determine and recommend to the city council management and program priorities on a citywide basis;
(4) 
Recommend enforcement and additional program alternatives;
(5) 
Monitor city performance from data collected and examined under the Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Affiliate System guidelines and make an annual report to the city council; and
(6) 
Carry out such other tasks as the city council may designate.
(b) 
To accomplish these responsibilities the commission shall establish sub-committees such as, but not limited to, the areas of business and industry, communications, education, finance/fundraising, and cleanup.
(c) 
A commission member will chair each sub-committee with an unspecified number of community volunteers chosen by the commission as working sub-committee members.
(Ordinance 2009-04, sec. V, adopted 4/14/09)
(a) 
The city within the budgetary appropriation process shall furnish office space, supplies, telephone, postage and secretarial support for the executive director. The city within council-imposed budgetary restraints shall also supply additional funds for commission activities involving travel or training for the executive director.
(b) 
The city shall pay the executive director’s salary. Such salary and other expenses, whether specifically enumerated in the preceding subsection or not, may be paid from donations when, as and if same are received by the city from the general public, business, industry, foundations and other sources for the purposes embraced by the scope of the commission’s purpose and responsibilities administered in accordance with standard city policy and practice governed by statute, charter and ordinance.
(Ordinance 2009-04, sec. VI, adopted 4/14/09)